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federal laws, ordinances, international and intercantonal treaties that are in force. However, some very voluminous parts of laws, such as the customs code, are not published in their entirety, but only by way of reference; they are usually made available on the websites of the government agencies responsible. In the SR/RS, the acts are published in a consolidated form, that is, the text is updated to reflect any amendment that enters into force through publication in the ''

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'' (AS/RO/RU). By itself, publication in the SR/RS does not confer force of law. The legally binding text is that of the individual acts published in the AS/RO/RU. It is issued in the three official languages of Switzerland: German, French and

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. All three language editions are equally valid. It is published by the

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in the form of weekly supplements to

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binders. Since 1999, they are also made available on the Internet in

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and

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formats.

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